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B-162684, MAR. 12, 1968

B-162684 Mar 12, 1968
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EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO REEMBURSEMENT ON COMMUTED RATE BASIS PER 100 LBS. THE FACTS IN YOUR CASE WERE FULLY SET FORTH IN OUR DECISION OF DECEMBER 18. YOUR CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BECAUSE NO ACTUAL WEIGHT OF THE GOODS PLACED IN STORAGE WAS PRODUCED. YOU SAY THAT YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS WERE STORED ON THE BASIS OF A FIXED SUM REGARDLESS OF THE WEIGHT AND. WE EXPLAINED THAT AN EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT ON A COMMUTED RATE BASIS PER 100 POUNDS FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID FOR THE STORAGE. IN THE ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE TO SHOW THE ACTUAL WEIGHT OF YOUR GOODS PLACED IN STORAGE WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT PORTION OF THE CHARGES FOR STORAGE WOULD BE REIMBURSABLE BY THE GOVERNMENT.

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B-162684, MAR. 12, 1968

TRANSPORTATION - HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS - STORAGE DECISION TO AIR FORCE EMPLOYEE REAFFIRMING DECISION OF DEC. 18, 1967, DISALLOWING CLAIM FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS. EMPLOYEE HAD MORE GOODS AT TIME OF PLACEMENT IN STORAGE RATHER THAN WHEN SHIPPED FROM STORAGE. EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO REEMBURSEMENT ON COMMUTED RATE BASIS PER 100 LBS. NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID FOR STORAGE.

TO MR. MAHLON H. BECHTEL:

THIS REFERS TO YOUR LETTER OF JANUARY 26, 1968, REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF OUR DECISION OF DECEMBER 18, 1967, B-162684, WHICH DISALLOWED YOUR CLAIM FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS INCIDENT TO A PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION.

THE FACTS IN YOUR CASE WERE FULLY SET FORTH IN OUR DECISION OF DECEMBER 18, 1967, AND NEED NOT BE REPEATED HERE. YOUR CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BECAUSE NO ACTUAL WEIGHT OF THE GOODS PLACED IN STORAGE WAS PRODUCED.

YOU SAY THAT YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS WERE STORED ON THE BASIS OF A FIXED SUM REGARDLESS OF THE WEIGHT AND, THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD BE REIMBURSED. IN OUR DECISION OF DECEMBER 18, TO YOU, WE EXPLAINED THAT AN EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT ON A COMMUTED RATE BASIS PER 100 POUNDS FOR TEMPORARY STORAGE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID FOR THE STORAGE.

WHILE THE EVIDENCE OF RECORD SHOWS THAT YOU SHIPPED 7,460 POUNDS OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS, PRESUMABLY FROM STORAGE, THE RECORD ALSO INDICATES THAT YOU HAD CONSIDERABLY MORE GOODS AT THE TIME YOU PLACED THEM IN STORAGE. IN THE ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE TO SHOW THE ACTUAL WEIGHT OF YOUR GOODS PLACED IN STORAGE WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT PORTION OF THE CHARGES FOR STORAGE WOULD BE REIMBURSABLE BY THE GOVERNMENT.

THEREFORE, ON THE PRESENT RECORD WE MUST SUSTAIN THE PRIOR ACTION TAKEN BY OUR OFFICE IN DISALLOWING YOUR CLAIM FOR STORAGE.

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